It would be great if I could Save As to DNG without using ACR

I have workflows that require DNG output at the end to properly interface with the other software in my chain. Right now I save TIFF and then convert to DNG using lightroom. It's an unnecessary step. Using the ACR module to Save As won't work in my case because I need to use the non-ACR features of Photoshop before generating the DNG. It seems crazy that Adobe doesn't support DNG better in Photoshop, given they invented the format.